GO AHEAD, AX Buck Angel  raises questions—and pulses.

Pegging someone named Buck Angel as a porn star is not so difficult. But wrapping your head around his brand of bonking may be more of a challenge. Angel, 43, is a female-to-male trans guy. And while he does have pecs of steel and an unmistakable macho vibe (thanks to top surgery and testosterone), there is a catch: He’s kept his vagina. And he uses it—with men, women and trannies, to startling effect.

Now Angel, who lives in New Orleans, is coming to NYC to show off his skills as the headlining performer at the ultimate fetish-fag blowout: the Saint-at-Large’s Black Party. The annual event is infamous not only for its frisky, leather-clad crowd of thousands, but for its sex shows that strive to push the boundaries. With Angel at center stage, this may be the wildest year yet. TONY recently caught up by phone with the main man.

Time Out New York: Who is your fan base?

Buck Angel: The majority of my fan customer base is gay men. They won’t admit it. They have issues about pussy because that belongs to a woman, whereas they’re attracted to men and cocks. I understand that. I’m attracted to cock, too. I think the guys that can be attracted to me are maybe a little more open sexually.

TONY: Are you a gay man?

BA: No, I’m bisexual.

TONY: Are you dating anyone?

BA: I have a partner—a woman. I relate more emotionally to women, and I’m much more sexually attracted to men. I have an S&M lifestyle, so I have men submissives for sex partners, and then I have my female partner who is my…well…I’m actually legally married. I don’t like to put that out there because some people get turned off by it.

TONY: You’re legally a man?

BA: Yes, I had a legal sex change. I just changed my birth certificate to male, which means my other birth certificate no longer exists.

TONY: Why don’t you mind that some may see you as a freak?

BA: Because I know how people are, and if it’s not black and white, it’s freaky. I don’t fit in any particular man or woman situation, though I consider myself 110 percent man. I think it’s fascinating that people are taught that you’re basically who you are because of your genitals. That is ridiculous! So you are a woman because you have a vagina and I’m a woman because I have a vagina? Genitals do not make the gender.

TONY: What is gender then?

BA: Gender, to me, is who you feel is in your skin—who you are, how you relate to people. You cannot tell me that I need to be a certain way, that’s just nonsense. It makes people suicidal, it makes people hate themselves—all this negative stuff that if you just stop forcing on people it’ll be a much better world. I’m hoping with my work I’m going to change that. 

TONY: Did you go through a dyke phase before transitioning?

BA: Totally! I was a hardcore dyke. It was weird, though, because I didn’t feel like a dyke, I felt like a dude. Back then, in the ’80s, female-to-male wasn’t really happening.

TONY: Why no bottom surgery?

BA: I used to think I needed to have a penis to be a man. But I don’t particularly like the whole process of what you have to do to get a penis—and then there’s a 50 percent chance of losing your orgasm, you could get gangrene, it costs $70,000, you’re in surgeries for the rest of your life. I had to realize that I’m stuck with what I have between my legs. Now I love my pussy. My whole life has changed because I’ve accepted my pussy.

TONY: You’ve had problems with addiction. How bad did it get?

BA:  I was in the gutter, homeless, on the streets—totally cracked out of my head on crack cocaine. I wanted to kill myself. I did not like being a woman at all. I’m now fifteen years in recovery.

TONY: Have you ever been to the Black Party?

BA: Never. And when they called me I didn’t even know what the hell the Black Party was. But they were such cool guys and I hit it off with them right away. They respect who I am. They don’t treat me as some weird guy who’s got a pussy.

Rites XXVII: The Black Party is Saturday 25. See daily listings.